SciCon 2025
02 July 2025 - 05 July 2025
Region(s): Otago
Type(s): conferences
SciCon 2025 brings together leaders in science and technology from around the globe. Explore the latest in biotechnology, and sustainable technologies at this premier conference.
The theme this year is: Kindling the flame in a changing climate.
The exciting programme will include:
Primary Teachers Workshops
Science Alive (Session 1: Discover the Science Alive Education Portal and Session 2: Observation and Investigation planning in the Primary classroom)
Otago Museum: Starlab
Wonder Project (Rocket Challenge, Power Challenge, Water Challenge)
Botanical Gardens
Speakers
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles
Dr Jim Salinger
Dr Peter Dearden, University of Otago
Keynote Speaker: Lucy Shiffelbein (Service Delivery Manager for the National Poisons Centre)
SciCon 2025 Field trips
University of Otago Geology Museum and Department
Anatomy Museum
PE Department
Botanical Gardens
Orokonui Ecosanctuary
Speight's Brewery
Portebello Marine Centre
Physics and Chemistry Mellor Labs
Venue: Logan Park High School, 74 Butts Road, Ōtepoti Dunedin
For further information and to register: www.scicon2025.nz
Look out for Greta and Simone and say Hi! – they will be there representing the Science Learning Hub with their workshop: Ahi Mārama: Igniting understanding through interwoven knowledge systems.
Workshop description: Explore climate change through the interwoven knowledge systems of Mātauranga Māori and Western science. Participants will engage with both perspectives to deepen their understanding of environmental change, its impacts, and collective responsibility.
Educators will discover how matauranga Māori codified in pūrākau and transmitted through generations, compliments scientific thinking to connect with nature and teach sustainability. The workshop provides practical tools and resources to integrate these knowledge systems into the classroom, empowering students to explore climate change with cultural awareness and scientific curiosity.
Date and time to be confirmed.
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